Ijeoma Oluo

Ijeoma is the Editor-At-Large of The Establishment. A Seattle-based Writer, Speaker, and Internet Yeller, her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Stranger, New York Magazine, Huffington Post, and more. She was named one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine. She’s also a columnist at The Seattle Globalist.

Ijeoma never learned how to whistle and has therefore banned any whistling at her house. Hair strand analysis revealed that she is currently 21% Black Forest gummy worm. You can see her yell about things at https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo.

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If I could eradicate one societal ill, it would be Tyler Perry movies.

When I’m alone, I like to eat gummy worms while I paint my nails and plan the destruction of my enemies.

The three women, dead or alive, I most want to see square off on Jeopardy are Tig Notaro, Margaret Cho and Maria Bamford.